"Early Days" is one of the highlights of Paul McCartney's most recent album, 2013's New, but its music video — which you can watch exclusively here — might never have happened if it was left up to McCartney. "When I've got a song, I don't think about the video," the singer says. "I'm sure some people do, but I don’t. I just think about the song, first writing it, then recording it."

Earlier this year, though, director Vincent Haycock sent over a video treatment for "Early Days" that caught his eye. "It's a memory song for me, about me and John in the early days," McCartney says. "But Vince came up with this great idea: Instead of having young lookalikes of me and John walking the streets of Liverpool, guitars slung over our backs, and literally acting out the song, what if it was any two aspiring musicians? I thought that was such a cool idea." Haycock spent a month scouting locations in Natchez, Mississipi, and Faraday, Louisiana, and casting local actors for the video's main storyline, set in the American South in the 1950s. He also traveled to Los Angeles to film a jam session between McCartney and some special guests. "I happened to ring Johnny Depp," McCartney says. "I said, 'Come along and we'll sit around and jam with these blues guys.' He said, 'Yeah, OK, count me in, man.' I knew it was an offer he couldn't refuse."

Brian Epstein, who managed The Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967, was honored Sunday in London with a Blue Plaque, a historical marker linking notable figures of the past to the buildings where they lived and worked. London's Royal Society of Arts began erecting the memorial tablets in 1867, attaching the earliest to the birthplace ofLord Byron.

Record of the Week

Gets heavy play this week!

please please me

Please Please Me is the debut album by the English rock band the Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of the singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do".

Release date: March 22, 1963

Artist: The Beatles

Labels: EMI Odeon Brazil, Apple Records, Capitol Records

1

I Saw Her Standing There

2:49

2

Misery

1:50

3

Anna (Go To Him)

3:00

4

Chains

2:29

5

Boys

2:30

6

Ask Me Why

1:54

7

Please Please Me

2:00

8

Love Me Do

2:23

9

P.S. I Love You

2:05

10

Baby It’s You

2:40

11

Do You Want to Know a Secret

2:02

12

A Taste of Honey

2:07

13

There’s a Place

1:54

14

Twist and Shout

1:40

The Beatles Song Quote of the week

If there's anything that you want,If there's anything I can do,Just call on me,And I'll send it along with love from me to you.

The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartneySong: From Me to You

The Beatles 50 years ago today: July 13, 1964 (Monday)

The title track of The Beatles debut feature film and fourth US album was released as a single on this day in America.

A Hard Day’s Night was issued as Capitol 5222. Its b-side was I Should Have Known Better.

Its parent album had been released by United Artists, who owned the rights to the film. However, Capitol were able to issue the songs in other formats, hence the release of several songs from the soundtrack as singles.

The single entered the US charts five days after its release, and from 1 August spent two weeks at number one. On that day a record was set, as The Beatles held the number one positions in the single and album charts in both the UK and US.

The single A Hard Day’s Night sold more than a million copies in America in its first five weeks on sale.

They say it's your birthday! Happy Birthday for the week ofJuly 14 to July 20